THE NEWEST wine buff on the street could be an eye in the sky with artificial intelligence.

Using advanced machine learning and high-resolution satellite imagery, the GAIA (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture) software will be capable of gathering information from vineyards in real-time.

Viticulture’s Research and Development Corporation, Wine Australia, have partnered with DigitalGlobe and Consilium Technology to develop the software, which may be capable of assessing the health and yield of vineyards across Australia.

Wine Australia’s announcement said the partnership’s initial investment will see GAIA deployed in Australia’s wine regions as a proof of concept.

“The next step to increasing output is through Agricultural Intelligence.

“GAIA provides ubiquitous geospatial insight to every grower in every season in Australia and eventually around the globe. At Consilium, we aim to empower the agriculture industry to embrace machine intelligence.”

GAIA’s first test will be to accurately map and identify vineyards in Australian wine regions.